'''Gyarados''' (Japanese: '''ギャラドス''' ''Gyaradosu'') is a {{Type|Water}}/{{Type|Flying}}-[[Types|type]] [[Pokémon (creature)|Pokémon]] and is a {{Type|Dark}} And {{Type|Water}} when [[Mega Evolved|Mega Evolved.]] ([[Generation VI]] and up)

'''Gyarados''' (Japanese: '''ギャラドス''' ''Gyaradosu'') is a {{Type|Water}}-[[Types|type]] [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] introduced in [[Generation I]]. A Shiny Gyarados appeared in the episode ''"Talkin` bout an Evolution"''. Shiny Gyarados are red and are the most well known [[Shiny Pokémon]].

==Biology==

==Biology==

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===Appearance===

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===Physiology===

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It is serpentine in shape and is covered in blue and yellow scales. It has white fins on top of its body and it has a tan underbelly. It has fins on the side of its face and a large blue crest on its forehead. Like Magikarp, it has "whiskers."

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It is serpentine in shape and is covered in blue and yellow scales. It has white fins on top of its body and it has a tan underbelly. It has fins on the side of its face and a large blue crest on its forehead. Like [[Magikarp]], it has "whiskers."

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===Behavior===

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Gyarados is known as The Atrocious Pokémon. They are to be extremely violent, destroying anything when in a [[Outrage|rampage]]. It is all so one of the only Pokémon that can have a red form.

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===Special abilities===

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Gyarados have the ability [[Intimidate]], which decreases the opponent's Attack by one level when Gyarados is sent out into the battle.

===Gender differences===

===Gender differences===

The females have light whiskers.

The females have light whiskers.

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===Behavior===

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Gyarados is known as The Atrocious Pokémon. They are to be extremely violent, destroying anything when in a [[Outrage|rampage]].

==Evolution==

==Evolution==

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'''Gyarados''' is the [[Evolution|evolved]] form of [[Magikarp]] as of level 20.

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'''Gyarados''' is the [[Evolution|evolved]] form of Magikarp as of level 20.

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==Special abilities==

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Gyarados have the ability [[Intimidate]], which decreases the opponent's Attack by one level when Gyarados is sent out into the battle.

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==In the anime==

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[[File:Shiny-gyarados.png|thumb|A shiny Gyarados]]

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[[James]]'s [[Magikarp]], which he bought from a dealer, evolves into a Gyarados, which called forth four wild Gyarados to use [[Dragon Rage]] and send Ash and co flying.

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A Red Gyarados is found in the [[Lake of Rage]], north of [[Mahogany Town]], in [[Johto]]. It is owned by the [[Elite Four]], [[Lance]].

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[[Lance]] once use the [[Red Gyarados]] to save [[Brock]], [[May (anime)|May]] and [[Max]] from drowning while he is disguising as a [[Team Magma]] grunt.

[[James' Gyarados|James' Magikarp]], which he bought from a dealer, evolves into a Gyarados, which called forth four wild Gyarados to use Dragon Rage and send [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] and co flying.

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A [[Lance's Gyarados|Red Gyarados]] is found in the [[Lake of Rage]], north of [[Mahogany Town]], in [[Johto]]. It is owned by the [[Elite Four]], [[Lance]].

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Lance once use the Red Gyarados to save [[Brock (anime)|Brock]], [[May (anime)|May]] and [[Max]] from drowning while he is disguising as a [[Team Magma]] grunt.

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[[Misty (anime)|Misty]] owns a [[Misty's Gyarados|Gyarados]].

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*[[James' Gyarados]]

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*[[Lance's Gyarados]]

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*[[Misty's Gyarados]]

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*[[Clair's Gyarados]]

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*[[Crasher Wake's Gyarados]]

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*[[Trinity's Gyarados]]

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*[[Lola's Gyarados]]

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*[[Fergus' Gyarados]]

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*[[Nurse Joy's Gyarados]]

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*[[Professor Ivy's Gyarados]]

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==Trivia==

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*Despite its dragon-like appearance, it isn't {{Type|Dragon}}-type, yet it can learn Dragon Type moves such as [[Dragon Rage]] and [[Dragon Breath]] and is used by many Dragon Trainers such as [[Lance]] and [[Clair]].

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*Despite it being a {{Type|Flying}}-type, it can only learn one Flying-type move, [[Bounce]], and this is only because its pre-evolution, [[Magikarp]] can learn it in Generation IV only.

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*Despite it being seen flying in the anime, it cannot learn the move, [[Fly]].

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*This was the first ever [[Shiny Pokémon]] ever seen.

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*If Mega Evolved, it is a {{Type|Water}} and {{Type|Dark}} type Pokemon.

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===Origins===

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*Gyarados appears to based off a sea dragon or a sea serpent from China.

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*This Pokémon may be based off of [[w:c:megaman:Utuboros|Utuboros]] from the Megaman games.

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*Gyarados may be based on the mythological creature, the Kraken, since its original name was going to be Skullkraken.

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*Gyarados, being evolved from Magikarp, which is a useless and weak Pokémon, is a reference to a common belief in Asian countries that a carp will transform into dragon after it passes through hard ordeals.

==Gallery==

==Gallery==

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gyrados s.png|A Red Gyarados

gyrados s.png|A Red Gyarados

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==Trivia==

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*Despite its dragon-like appearance, it isn't {{Type|Dragon}}-type, yet it learns Dragon Type moves such as [[Dragon Rage]] and [[Dragonbreath]] and is used by many Dragon Trainers such as [[Lance]] and [[Clair]].

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*Despite it being a {{Type|Flying}}-type, it can only know one Flying-type move, [[Bounce]].

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*Despite it being seen flying in the anime, it cannot learn the move, [[Fly]],and this is only because it's pre-evolution,[[Magikarp]] can learn it in Generation IV only.

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*Gyarados may be based on the mythological creature, the Krakon, since it's original name was going to be Skullkrakon.

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*In [[Generation II]] and [[Generation/Fourth|IV]], Gyarados is the only 100%-certain shiny encounter and the first of only two shiny Pokémon to be integrated into a game's plot (the second was [[Celebi]] in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness)

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*Gyarados being evolved from Magikarp, which is a useless and weak pokemon, is a reference to a common belief in Asian countries that a carp will transform into dragon after it passes through hard ordeals

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It is serpentine in shape and is covered in blue and yellow scales. It has white fins on top of its body and it has a tan underbelly. It has fins on the side of its face and a large blue crest on its forehead. Like Magikarp, it has "whiskers."

Gyarados may be based on the mythological creature, the Kraken, since its original name was going to be Skullkraken.

Gyarados, being evolved from Magikarp, which is a useless and weak Pokémon, is a reference to a common belief in Asian countries that a carp will transform into dragon after it passes through hard ordeals.